Taiwan’s Political-Legal Progress: Memories of the KMT Dictatorship

Jerome A. Cohen ()
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Jerome A. Cohen: New York University School of Law

Chapter Chapter 2 in Taiwan and International Human Rights, 2019, pp 19-29 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This brief memoir illustrates Taiwan’s modern human rights history in broad strokes through my own experiences. It begins with a first visit in 1961, when the island was suffering under the harsh Chiang Kai-shek dictatorship. It ends with my participation in the unique recent reviews of Taiwan’s immense human rights progress by leading international specialists. Along the way, I was privileged to witness and take part in a few depressing but exciting and ultimately hopeful events that marked the long transition from KMT repression to constitutional democracy.

Keywords: Annette Lu; Chiang Ching-kuo; Chiang Kai-shek; Constitutional democracy; Dictatorship; Henry Liu; KMT; Ma Ying-jeou; Peng Ming-min (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-0350-0_2

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